Marriage = Employment?

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    Marriage = Employment?

    Any ideas?
    I'm currently live and work in Hong Kong on a sponsored work visa as a specialist contractor (not IT). However, this month I will get married to my HK girlfriend who is a permanent HK resident.
    Will my marriage entitle me a permanent work visa?
    Any ideas on the process?


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    Marriage to a permanent ID card holder will not entitle you to a permanent work visa. It will entitle you to a dependants visa which is valid for 12 months and allows you to work. This needs to be renewed every year. You will also need to apply for a HK ID card within 30 days of the first visa being validated. After 7 years you will be able to apply for a permanent ID card.

    Hope this answers your question!

    jaykay


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    Many thanks JayKay, I currently have a HKID card as I'm here working but sponsored by the main contractor for the company that I am working under however this will end as the project does. Then I will have to be sponsored by the next company for the next contract. This is always a headache.
    So do you think I have to apply for a new card one I'm married?
    Do you have any idea of the forms I have to complete?

    regards,

    yyyu


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    Quote Originally Posted by **:
    ...you have to apply for new ID card...
    Not sure if he will need to issue a new ID since his status will not change.. His stay currently is restricted by the immd and it'll continue to be even as a dependant in the future untill he is granted the ROA.

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    But it should be 'C' already.. or is not? (the rest of codes such as 'MOY' vary from person to person)


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    Cool New marriage law

    Quote Originally Posted by jaykay:
    Marriage to a permanent ID card holder will not entitle you to a permanent work visa. It will entitle you to a dependants visa which is valid for 12 months and allows you to work. This needs to be renewed every year. You will also need to apply for a HK ID card within 30 days of the first visa being validated. After 7 years you will be able to apply for a permanent ID card.

    Hope this answers your question!

    jaykay
    This must be the new law of HK. I live and was married with HK residence before the Chinese took over from 1989 to 1995. It took me only 2 years to get my permanent card, before that I did renew once before I got my permanent ID.

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    i married a local man in 2000. i DID NOT need to get a new ID card. however, when i became a PR in 2003 i DID.


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    Quote Originally Posted by kostas:
    But it should be 'C' already.. or is not? (the rest of codes such as 'MOY' vary from person to person)
    My HKID is at CO status.

    yyyu

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    sorry, come to thnk of it, my status didn't change, because i didn't change from an investment visa to a dependent visa...
    sorry!